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Ashley Hamer

UNCOVERED: Why don t we feel earth spinning - Caught on Camera

3D render of planet Earth with clouds and day and night illuminated side.

When you're going around and around on a carnival ride, you feel it — you're pulled outward, and all you can do is hang on. Our planet is rotating much faster than that, so why aren't we all holding on for dear life? Why can't we feel Earth's rotation?

There are two major reasons. One is that Earth's rotation is smooth.

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